Wood Grain

[Detailer420]

what do guys use to clean it just MF rags?

[Murr1525]

Wood grain interior trim? Exterior? Dining room table?

[Detailer420]

Wood grain interior trim

[F-150]

Interior QD and an ss mf or ultimate wipe

[Murr1525]

The Quick Interior Detailor will be good for removing fingerprints, etc.

You can always wipe over it with some of the Nxt Tech Protectant, or whichever protectant you like, and wait a few minutes, and come back and wipe off excess. It might only leave a little UV protection, but better than nothing.

[Detailer420]

Originally posted by Murr1525


The Quick Interior Detailor will be good for removing fingerprints, etc.

You can always wipe over it with some of the Nxt Tech Protectant, or whichever protectant you like, and wait a few minutes, and come back and wipe off excess. It might only leave a little UV protection, but better than nothing.

Oh cool i was told never to use any thing on wood grain but i wanted some UV protection.i kno its not real wood or it is covered with some type of coatin.i think plege would be to harsh

here's a my wood trim

[Murr1525]

You are refering to wood o nsteering wheel, or around radio/bin it looks like?

Around the radio etc, you can do as I said.

I didnt realize you may be using it on a steering wheel. I am not sure if the Tech Protectant may make the surface too slick for you, and you wouldnt want to hurt your safety.

The Quick Interior Detailer will still be safe to use for it however, because it doesnt leave much coating behind.

As you say, the 'wood' will have some sort of plastic coating over it, so you are treating the plastic, not the wood. So you can treat the vinyl/pastic all over your dash the same with the Tech Protectant. Just buff off excess if you dont want it as shiny.

[Accumulator]

Yeah, it's either plastic (fake wood) or a plastic-like/paint-like coating over real wood. Assuming it's real wood:

For light cleaning I use #34 on a soft MF. If it's too dirty for that a nonabrasive cleaner (e.g. Deep Crystal #1) or cleaner wax works well, but keep it off the surrounding vinyl. If it's lightly marred I treat it like very soft paint (#9 comes to mind). If the marring is worse then proceed at your own risk with more abrasive products (but know when to say "good enough").

Once it's clean, I like to carefully apply a LSP (with small swabs in the tight spots), not only makes it look good but the slickness helps keep it clean and marring-free. Some LSPs will provide some UV protection too, and that's what seems to really kill interior wood.

The interior wood on older my older cars is a lot more fragile than the stuff in my Audis, but I've never had a problem with *any* interior wood and I pretty much treat it all the same. Just takes a little common sense and it sounds like you're inclined to err on the side of caution anyhow